Lac La Ronge Provincial Park, Provincial park in Saskatchewan, Canada
Lac La Ronge Provincial Park covers 319,157 hectares of the Canadian Shield in central Saskatchewan, with more than half its area water. Lac la Ronge is the largest lake, and the Churchill River crosses the northern section past Missinipe and Stanley Mission. The park holds close to 100 lakes and over 30 canoe routes, many following old fur trade routes.
Established in 1939, Lac La Ronge Provincial Park is one of Saskatchewan's oldest provincial parks and the largest, covering 319,157 hectares. It lies in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield within the Churchill River system, where more than 30 canoe routes follow old fur trade routes. Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Stanley Mission, across the Churchill River, was designated a National Historic Site in 1970.
The park borders and encloses several First Nations reserves, mainly those of the Lac La Ronge First Nation of the Woodland Cree. The reserve settlement lies about 32 km north of La Ronge on Highway 102. Many canoe routes in the park follow old fur trade routes of the Churchill River system.
The park has several campgrounds with basic facilities, some offering electrical hookups and bathrooms while others provide more rustic options. Visit from late spring through early fall when water routes are ice-free and weather allows comfortable outdoor activity.
Nistowiak Falls, on the Rapid River north of Lac la Ronge, drops about 10 metres and is the highest waterfall in Saskatchewan. It lies in the Churchill River system, and the park's canoe routes, many following old fur trade routes, are how paddlers reach it.
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